Safety device for brooches and the like.



No. 891,996. PATENTED JUNE 30, 1908. H. A. IVES & D. W. JEPPERY.

SAFETY DEVICE FOR BROOGHES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6, 1907.

M'kesxrem- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TIERBERT AUGUSTUS IVES AND DENNIS WEBB JEFFERY, OF COLOHESTER, ENGLAND.

SAFETY DEVICE FOR BROOCHES AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1908.

Application filed March 5, 1907. Serial No. 360,669.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HERBERT AUGUSTUS IvEs and DENNIS WEBB JEFFERY,subjects of the King of Great Britain, residing at 118 High street,Colchester, in the county of Essex, England, and Kingdom of GreatBritain, have invented new and useful Improvements in Safety Devices forBrooches and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to brooches and the like of the kind provided witha hinged or spring pin and hook designed to engage to gether when abrooch is in use and which have a spring arm extending across the hookinto engagement with the nose thereof so as to inclose the said pin andprevent the accidental disengagement of the latter from the hook, suchdisengagement frequently occurring after the brooch or the like has beensome time in use and often resulting in the loss of the latter.

The object of the invention is to construct the spring arms separatefrom the brooches and the like and in such a manner that they can bereadily attached to the hooks of the brooches without the use of rivets,solder or other independent means of fastening.

According to the invention a strip of metal of a spring nature isemployed, the ends of which are bent towards each other so as to renderit of an approximately U-shape. Holes or slots are formed in each limbof the device so that it can be threaded on to the hook of the brooch,one limb engaging the base of the hook while the other limb, which formsthe spring arm, extends across the hook and bears against the nose ofthe latter so as to inclose the space within the hook which spacereceives the pin of the brooch, an indentation being advantageouslyformed in the said limb to engage the said nose.

In some cases the device, in addition to the slots for engaging the hookof the brooch or the like, is formed with an additional limb bifurcatedso as to embrace the outer part of the said hook and for this purposethe strip of spring metal is doubled upon itself before being bent tof'a U-shape, the free ends of the strip forming the outer limb beingcaused to diverge, the inner portion thereof extending across the hookand bearing against the nose of the latter, while the outer portionforms the additional bifurcated limb as above described. i

In order that the invention can be clearly understood, reference is hadto the annexed drawing, in which,

Figure l is a perspective view of one form of the improved spring armdevice. Fig. 2 is a view of the device before being bent to a Ushape.Fig. 3 is a rear view of a brooch with the device applied and Fig. 4 isa section on the line 4-4, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4illustrating the method of engaging the device with the hook of thebrooch. Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are views similar to Figs. 1, 2 and 4respectively of a modified form of the spring arm device and Figs. 9, 10and 11 are also views similar to Figs. 1, 2 and 4 respectively of afurther modification. All the views are drawn to an enlarged scale.

Referring to Figs. 1. to 5, a. is the strip of spring metal and b, c arethe two limbs of the device when bent to a U-shape as shown clearly inFigs. 1, 4 and 5.

(Z and e are the holes or slots formed in the limbs b and 0,respectively, so that the device can be threaded on to the hook f of thebrooch g, the limb b engaging the base of the said hook by means of theslot cl while the limb or spring arm 0 extends across the hook, as shownclearly in Fig. 4, by means of the slot 6 and bears against the nose ofthe said hook so as to inclose the space within the hook to receive thepin it of the brooch;

i is the indentation in the spring arm 0 to engage the nose of the hook.

The spring arm 0, while inclosing the space within the hook f tomaintain the pin 72. against accidental disengagement from the saidhook, can be forced back by the said pin when it is required todisengage the latter from the hook to remove the brooch from theclothing of the wearer.

The device is engaged with the hook f by threading it on to the latteras indicated in Fig. 5, the bottom of the limb b, when the device isturned into position, engaging the recess between the hook and the bodyof the brooch, as shown in Fig. 4, and being maintained therein by thepressure of the limb 0 against the nose of the hook. By pressing downthe limb l) to disengage its lower end from the recess the device can bewith drawn from the hook f.

Inl'practice it is found that so long as the basel'ofgthe hookgisgofsuch a form as to lie against the back of the brooch, for instance, asillustrated in Fig. 4, itfipractically fills the slot (1 and secures thespring arm against any turning movement relatively with the hook.

In some brooches, however, the bases of the hooks stand out almostperpendicular to the backs of the brooches so that the spring arms canturn upon the hooks. To obviate this drawback, the construction ofspring arm device illustrated in Figs. 6 to S or 9 to 11 is employed.

In the arrangement illustrated in Figs. 6, 7 and 8, the strip a is madelonger than that described with reference to Figs. 1 to 5 and is doubledupon itself as shown clearly in Figs. 7 and 8 before being bent to aU-shape. Four slots are formed in the strip so that when the latter isdoubled they will coincide to form the slots (1 and e. The .inner limb bformed by the folded end of the strip a embraces the base of the hook bymeans of the slot (1 while the free ends of the strip, form ing theouter limb, are caused to diverge, the inner portion forming the springarm 0 eX- tending across the hook f and bearing against the nose of thesaid hook and the outer portion, forming an additional limb 7c, isbifurcated as at Z, and engages the outer portion of the hook In theconstruction illustrated in Figs. 9 to 11 the slot 6 is dispensed withand the inner limb b is made longer than that described with referenceto the arrangement illustrated in Figs. 6 to 8 and is bent back uponitself, the folded back portion m containing the slot d to engage thebase of the hook f, the free ends of the strip forming the outer limbbeing located below the stem of the hook f instead of passing above itas in the arrangements hereinbefore described.

I11 the arrangements illustrated in Figs. 6 to 11 the device can beremoved from the hook f by pressing down the limb is until it and thearm 0 are free of the nose of the hook f when the device can be turnedhalf-round upon the shank of the hook and then withdrawn therefrom.

I/Ve claim 1. A brooch or like article having, in combination, a hook,and a guard apertured to be slipped over the hook and to be supported onthe brooch without other means of attachment, said guard having anelastic arm bearing against the point of the hook.

2. A brooch or like article having, in combination, a hook and a guardhaving two separated limbs each apertured to slip over the hook, wherebythe guard is supported on the hook without other means of attachment,and said guard having an elastic arm bearing against the point of thehook.

3. In a brooch or the like of the kind hereinbefore described thecombination with the hook thereof of. a spring arm inclosing the spacewithin the said hook and formed by a strip of spring metal ofapproximately U- shape, provided with holes and with a bifurcated limbto engage the hook, substantially as described.

4. In a brooch or the like of the kind hereinbefore described, thecombination with the hook thereof of a spring arm inclosing the spacewithin the said hook and formed by a strip of spring metal doubled uponitself, and bent to an approximately U-shape, the said strip beingprovided with holes to engage the hook and one of the free ends of thestrip serving as the spring arm while the other free end is bifurcatedto engage the said hook, substantially as described.

5. In a brooch or the like of the kind hereinbefore described, thecombination with the hook thereof of a spring arm inclosing the spacewithin the said hook and formed by a strip of spring metal doubled uponitself-and bent to an approximately U-shape with one of its limbs turnedback upon itself and slotted to engage the base of the hook, one of thefree ends of the strip serving as the spring arm while the other freeend is bifurcated to. engage the said hook, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

HERBERT AUGUSTUS IVES. DENNIS WEBB JEFFERY.

Witnesses II. D. JAMEsoN,

A. N UT'lING.

